Several others called Wednesday morning, including some that weren't expected.

"Teams in the running for a championship," Simmons said Wednesday. "Teams ... that are high-profile teams, which is a good thing."

"Teams not even on our radar, to be honest," added Ara Vartanian, another of Millsap's representatives.

The two representatives suggested some teams are being quite creative, including discussions about front-loaded contracts and sign-and-trade possibilities.

That evidently includes Oklahoma City, whose assistant general manager is ex-Jazz player personnel director Troy Weaver — and which signed swingman C.J. Miles to an offer sheet that the Jazz matched last offseason.

According to The Oklahoman newspaper, "Thunder officials late Tuesday night aimed to gauge Millsap's character and the 24-year-old's interest in coming to Oklahoma City. Millsap's camp was said to have questions about playing time with the Thunder and Millsap's potential role.

"Additional playing time and a bigger role could ultimately be a key negotiating chip for the Thunder if Oklahoma City goes all in. Millsap is almost certainly stuck behind Boozer for as long as the two-time All-Star is on (Utah's) roster. But among the options in Oklahoma City are moving Kevin Durant back to shooting guard and sliding Jeff Green to small forward to create a starting spot for Millsap.

"Millsap's representatives are also interested in helping the Thunder maintain salary cap flexibility to remain in the best position to re-sign Durant and Green to contract extensions before the start of the 2010-11 season. Options could include a front-loaded contract and a more incentive-based deal."

One team that supposedly had interest in Millsap but shouldn't any more is the Detroit Pistons, who on Wednesday committed most of their ample cap space to Chicago guard Ben Gordon and Milwaukee unrestricted free agent power forward Charlie Villanueva.

Gordon, according ESPN.com, "will receive a five-year, $55 million deal," while Villanueva's agreement — first reported by The Associated Press — is on a five-year deal for $40 million, according to unidentified ESPN.com sources.

That would seem to take the Pistons out of the running not only for Millsap, but also on-the-block Boozer.

"The Jazz most likely will try to trade Boozer," the Detroit News reported Wednesday.